From 20 to 26 July, NATO Allies and partners took part in Exercise Sea Breeze 2020, off the coast of Ukraine in the Black Sea. Sea Breeze is an annual multinational maritime exercise designed to enhance interoperability among participating nations and strengthen regional security. Co-hosted by Ukraine and the United States, Sea Breeze involved ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), one of four groups that make up the maritime element of the NATO Response Force. Sea Breeze 2020 involved ships, aircraft and more than 2,000 personnel from Bulgaria, Georgia, Norway, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States. This footage was provided by Breeze TV, which is run by Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence. It includes shots of the three frigates from SNMG2: from Spain (flagship), Romania and Turkey. For more information, please contact the Ukrainian Navy in Odesa at press_vms_ukr@i.ua.
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1. (00:00) VARIOUS SHOTS - SPANISH FRIGATE “ALVARO DE BAZAN” ENTERING PORT OF ODESA
2. (00:18) VARIOUS SHOTS – ROMANIAN FRIGATE “REGINA MARIA” ENTERING PORT OF ODESA
3. (00:35) VARIOUS SHOTS - TURKISH FRIGATE “YILDIRIM” ENTERING PORT OF ODESA
4. (00:43) MEDIUM SHOT – NATO FLAG
5. (00:45) MEDIUM SHOT – CREW IN HELICOPTER COCKPIT
6. (00:47) WIDE SHOT – VIEW FROM HELICOPTER WINDOW
7. (00:49) MEDIUM SHOT - CREW IN HELICOPTER COCKPIT
8. (00:51) WIDE SHOT – VIEW FROM HELICOPTER WINDOW OF SHIPS TAKING PART IN EXERCISE SEA BREEZE
9. (00:53) VARIOUS SHOT – UKRAINIAN MI-2 HELICOPTER IN ACTION
10. (01:01) WIDE SHOT – UKRAINIAN COAST GUARD SHIP IN PORT
11. (01:03) VARIOUS SHOTS – UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS WEARING MASKS WALKING PAST SHIP
12. (01:07) MEDIUM SHOT – FLAG OF UKRAINIAN NAVY
13. (01:09) VARIOUS SHOTS – UKRAINIAN VESSEL OUT AT SEA
14. (01:17) VARIOUS SHOTS – UKRAINIAN PATROL CRAFT “CORAL” OUT AT SEA
15. (01:24) VARIOUS SHOTS – SAILORS ON BRIDGE OF UKRAINIAN PATROL CRAFT “CORAL”
16. (01:43) WIDE SHOT - UKRAINIAN VESSEL OUT AT SEA
17. (01:45) WIDE SHOT – UKRAINIAN PATROL CRAFT “CORAL” OUT AT SEA
18. (01:48) WIDE SHOT – GEORGIAN COAST GUARD SHIP OUT AT SEA
19. (01:50) WIDE SHOT - UKRAINIAN VESSEL OUT AT SEA
20. (01:53) MEDIUM SHOT – WEAPON FIRING OFF A UKRAINIAN VESSEL
21. (01:56) WIDE SHOT – SOLDIERS GETTING OFF A UKRAINIAN COAST GUARD SHIP
22. (01:59) MEDIUM SHOT – UKRAINIAN HELICOPTER FLYING ABOVE SEA
23. (02:01) MEDIUM SHOT – UKRAINIAN SALVAGE SHIP ‘OLESKSANDR OKHRYMENKO’ OUT AT SEA
24. (02:04) WIDE SHOT – UKRAINIAN HOSPITAL SHIP ‘SOKAL’ OUT AT SEA
25. (02:06) VARIOUS SHOTS – UKRAINIAN SALVAGE AND HOSPITAL SHIPS OUT AT SEA
26. (02:25) VARIOUS SHOTS – PERSONNEL IN FIRE-RETARDANT CLOTHING ON SHIP